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Turns text into ascii-art, but then turns the ascii-art into emoji. All you really need is a :transparent: custom emoji, for the spacing to work.

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Usage

ruby play.rb hi

Output:

:party::transparent::transparent::transparent::party:
:party::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:
:party::party::party::transparent::party:
:party::transparent::party::transparent::party:
:party::transparent::party::transparent::party:
:transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:
:transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:

...which, when rendered with some custom emoji, gives something like this:

Want different emoji?

ruby play.rb hi love

Outputs:

:love::transparent::transparent::transparent::love:
:love::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:
:love::love::love::transparent::love:
:love::transparent::love::transparent::love:
:love::transparent::love::transparent::love:
:transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:
:transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:

Alternating letters? Sure:

ruby play.rb hi love cat

And you get:

:love::transparent::transparent::transparent::cat:
:love::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:
:love::love::love::transparent::cat:
:love::transparent::love::transparent::cat:
:love::transparent::love::transparent::cat:
:transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:
:transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent::transparent:

TODOs

• Extract character maps into...something more manageable.
• Add more fonts?
• Add some minitests, for sanity's sake.

Contributors

• @taralynnconnelly: typography
• @danbernier: ruby hacking